It typically should raise an error. You can do something like `raise ValueError('Wrong input!')`.
Jason moorepants.info +01 530-601-9791 On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 6:38 AM, Jennifer White <jcrw...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Hi, > I'm new to contributing to SymPy and I'm just starting with fixing some > simple little TODOs in the code. I'm currently working on some checks that > are needed for polynomials (things like checking certain values are > integers). Before I went ahead and changed things I wanted to check: what > is the preferred action of the code in the event where this condition > fails? Should it just print out an error message? Return nothing from the > current function? I just wondered what the standard handling of this was in > SymPy. > Thanks > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "sympy" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to sympy+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to sympy@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sympy. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sympy/a617808a-0cf2-4c84-87b9-122fa1bb04c6%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sympy/a617808a-0cf2-4c84-87b9-122fa1bb04c6%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sympy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sympy+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to sympy@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sympy. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sympy/CAP7f1AjJJO0KQdvUkxePRuBMgN2FmOFviy6NRgz8LTyJ-PHqKw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.